Sink pedestal..

[Sombrero]

..no, not in the wrong forum...

I've recently installed a sink in the downstairs loo. It was a wall mounted thing, but the brackets were useless, and you'd only have to rest a toothbrush on the edge to pull it off the wall.

So my challenge is to install a wooden pedestal, like a porcelain one.
So many questions, like timber (marine ply?), how to get the profile under the sink?, and how to shape the curve of a pedestal?

Any thoughts guys?

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Believe it or not this task ai made much simpler if you can strike a line with a laser level....... Failing that, though, the only way is to offer up a piece of 6mm MDF held vertically in the same plane that you want to put the pedestal. the MDF should stop short of the underside of the sink. A pointed stick attached to a small spirit level (to keep it pointing dead vertical) is then used to trace the underside of the bowl onto the MDF using a pencil at the bottom. A jigsaw can then be used to cut out the shape template which in turn can be used to cut both sides out of 18mm MFC (melamine-faced chipboard or Contiboard) - make these cuts square and make sure your sides are long enough. They can be a tad shorter than neeeded so long as you are happy about building the sides up using planted-on skirting board. The same exercise is repeated for the front, although that can be made in two parts as you'll need a removeable access panel to get at the P-, S- or bottle-trap and pipework. The cut-outs are then given back clearance using the jigsaw set at an angle. You'll probably need a couple of braces across the vback to make it all nice and rigid, that or fix to battens fixed onto the floor on 3 sides. Once assembled and trimmed to fit, seal all the exposed cut edges with silicone and caulk the joint between the scribe cuts and the pedestal with white silicone.

PS This job can be a royal PIA to do

 

[foxhole]

..no, not in the wrong forum...

I've recently installed a sink in the downstairs loo. It was a wall mounted thing, but the brackets were useless, and you'd only have to rest a toothbrush on the edge to pull it off the wall.

So my challenge is to install a wooden pedestal, like a porcelain one.
So many questions, like timber (marine ply?), how to get the profile under the sink?, and how to shape the curve of a pedestal?

Any thoughts guys?

I would suggest the brackets were perfect for the job, just the attempt at fitting, useless.

 

[Sombrero]

..no, not in the wrong forum...

I've recently installed a sink in the downstairs loo. It was a wall mounted thing, but the brackets were useless, and you'd only have to rest a toothbrush on the edge to pull it off the wall.

So my challenge is to install a wooden pedestal, like a porcelain one.
So many questions, like timber (marine ply?), how to get the profile under the sink?, and how to shape the curve of a pedestal?

Any thoughts guys?

I would suggest the brackets were perfect for the job, just the attempt at fitting, useless.

That is such an unfair dig... without any knowledge... reported to the mods, sorry !!

 

[JohnD]

do you mean the screws pulled out of the wall? There is a good trick to prevent that.

 

[foxhole]

..no, not in the wrong forum...

I've recently installed a sink in the downstairs loo. It was a wall mounted thing, but the brackets were useless, and you'd only have to rest a toothbrush on the edge to pull it off the wall.

So my challenge is to install a wooden pedestal, like a porcelain one.
So many questions, like timber (marine ply?), how to get the profile under the sink?, and how to shape the curve of a pedestal?

Any thoughts guys?

I would suggest the brackets were perfect for the job, just the attempt at fitting, useless.

That is such an unfair dig... without any knowledge... reported to the mods, sorry !!

This is a site for adults, my criticism was correct given the information or lack of it, supplied.It is also in wrong forum, belongs under DIY disasters.

 

[Sombrero]

Listen my friend, i'm not here for a row. Your assertion that the brackets were fine and i was inept is unfair. English law is built around the tennet of "fit for purpose" and there are hundreds of thousands of cases (if not more) where products weren't. You know nothing about the brackets i used, and for all intents and purposes you were out to have a smart dig...

With the greatest of respect, that comment was unneccesary.

Can we try and keep this site civil and respectful?

 

[Sombrero]

do you mean the screws pulled out of the wall? There is a good trick to prevent that.

not yet, had i not propped it up with a piece of timber then the low placement of the brackets, plus the leverage of the sink edge would almost certainly rip them out of the wall.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Did you use a hammer to bang the screws in?

 

[Sombrero]

Did you use a hammer to bang the screws in?

erm..? 17 !

 

[foxhole]

I think your idea to build a timber pedestal says more about you skills/knowledge than anything I can say.

 

[Sombrero]

I think your idea to build a timber pedestal says more about you skills/knowledge than anything I can say.

Which is why i'm a DIYer. I'm not arguing that point, hence why i'm on here to ask the experts. Normally they advise... whereas you choose to mock... that says more about you than anything.

Question slightly amended - what's the best way to make a (DIY) pedestal to support a small sink?

 

[OwainDIYer]

could you provide a link to the sink you have installed

some shapes of sink bottom are more amenable to being pedestalled than others.

 

[Sombrero]

That's a good question, but I can't. I bought the sink from Wickes/TP/B&Q/ebay about 3 years ago..

Maybe i should revisit my question...

There's this unknown, small sink.... how would you approach putting in some sort of pedestal?

 

[foxhole]

I think your idea to build a timber pedestal says more about you skills/knowledge than anything I can say.

Which is why i'm a DIYer. I'm not arguing that point, hence why i'm on here to ask the experts. Normally they advise... whereas you choose to mock... that says more about you than anything.

Question slightly amended - what's the best way to make a (DIY) pedestal to support a small sink?

If you have not tried to use the brackets, how do you know they are no use?
You did not ask for advise on how to fit the sink but on how to make a solution to a problem that does not exist.